Engine.



J. W. MOORE & W. A. BROWNE. ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.14, 191 0.

LU38J8U Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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Specification o Let er Patent Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Application filed September 14, 1910. Serial No. 581,936.

Toall whom it may concem Be it known that we, JOHN W. MOORE and WILLIAM A. BROWNE, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State. of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Engines, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in engines, and has-particular application to the use of a non-volatile oil in engines and the preliminary feeding of a more volatile product thereto.

In carrying out our invention, it is our purpose to provide an engine wherein a nonvolatile product may be employed as the fuel and may be rapidly vaporized and conducted to the carburetor and thence to the cylinder of the engine, Where it is exploded in the usual manner.

Still a further object of our invention is to provide an engine embodying in itsconstruction, an ordinary cylinder such as commonly employed in gas engines, the carbureter and other attachments, said engine being started by exploding a volatile product charge whereby the non-volatile product which is subsequently used as fuel, is heated and consequently vapori zed in the exhaust of the engine. I

A further object of our invention is to provide an "engine of the, class described embodying in its construction the desired features of v simplicity and durability, coupled with economy of construct-ion and operation. I

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view, our invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents an engine embodying our improvements.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the letter A'indicates the cylinder of the engine, which is of the ordinary type and such as commonly employed in the construction of any well own gas engine. Suitably connected to the cylinder in any desired or well known manner, is a carbureterB, which is also of any preferred or approved type, while the mixing chamber 12 has theordinary air intake 1 and the air regulator 2. Arranged adjacent to the cylinder, is a tank 3 for a non-volatile product and a'tank'4 for a volatile product, a pipe 5 extendlng between said tanks and is controlled by the three-way cock 6, so

that the fluid from one or the other of said tanks, may be drawn oil as desired. Leading from the pipe 5 is a pipe line 7 communicating with the pump 8 and a short section of pipe 9 in turn leading from the pump and is connected through the T-coupling 10 with the short pipe 11, the latter leading to'the carbureter B, from which the fuel is conducted through the'short pipe 13 to the mixing chamber. Extending from the T-coupling 10 is the pipe line 14, which is provided with a coil 15 to be located in the exhaust 16 of the engine, the pipe extending from said coil through the branches l7 and 18 back to the coupling 11.

The numeral 19 designates a branch pipe connecting the oil and gasolene tanks3 and 4 and is provided with a three-way cock 20 from which extends the pipe line 21 to the carbureter B. Inasmuch as this pipe line 21 leads to the tanks 3 and 4 below the carbureter, the overflow from the carburetor will pass by such pipe line back to either tank, being directed by the three-way cock 20 into its proper receptacle.

We further provide the pipe line 7 with any suitable shut-off valve such as is shown at 22, while the numeral 23 designates a drain at the terminal of the pipe 17. This drain is especially provided in the event that it may be desirable, as it frequently is, to remove all of the oil or gasolene from the systems of piping.

From the above description, taken in connection wit-h the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of our improved engine will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

In the operation of the engine, the threeway cock 6 is turned so as to cut off the flow from tank 3, yet permit the flow from the tank 4 through the pipe 7 to the pump.

8,from whence the volatile product is forced through the branch 9 and pipe 11 to the carburetor and passes thence through the pipe 13 into the mixing chamber, where the mixing takes place and the gas is admit ted to the cylinder" and exploded in the usual manner. Furthermore,x in the opera' tion of our attachment, any over-flow from the carbureter will pass by gravity into and through the pipe 21 to its source, being properly directed thereto by the three-way cook 20. In this manner, itwill ,be seen that we have provided a ositive means of supplyin fuel to the engine and a gravity means relief from the excess fuel. As the exhaust passes into the pipe 16, the coil is heated by the same andwhen such g forced around through the coil becomes sufiiciently heated, the cock 6 isturned to permit the flow from the tank 3 through the pipe 3", pipe to the pump,

from whence the non-volatile product is branch [14 through the coil 15,'where it is vaporized, and thence to "the pipe 17, the branch 18 to the carbureter, the vapor then passing from the. carbureter to the mixing chamber; the charge then being in the form of a vapor is passed to the cylinder'of the engine and exploded in the usual way.

While we have herein shown and de 3 scribed one particular embodiment of our invention, we wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to all the precise details of construction herein shown, as

-modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the claims,

What we claim','1s' v I 1. In combination with a combustion en-- giner having a carbureter, a tank for nonvolatile fuel, a tank for volatile fuel, a'sysof piping connecting said tanks and the said carbureter, a pump in said system of piping, a shunt system of piping connected to said system of piping and leading to the engine, means for throwing either of said tanks-into communication with said system of piping, and gravity return piping'connecting the carbnreter to said tanks.

gine having a carbureter, a tank for nonvolatile fuel, a tank for volatile fuel, a systern of piping connecting the said carbureter and said tanks, a pump in said system of piping, a shunt system of piping connected to said system of piping and leading JOHN W. MOORE.

v WILLIAM A. BROWSE.

Witnesses: i

A. L. PHELPS, INGLE A, MORRIS.

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